Sentence examples for from affirmation from inspiring English sources

He also said that Asians have historically benefited from affirmation action, and that diverse student bodies benefit everyone.

Someone could get a Ph.D. thesis out of studying the major-minor shifts in his Beatles songs: sometimes the change is from verse to chorus, to mark a change from affirmation to melancholy, as in "The Fool on the Hill"; sometimes it's in the middle of a phrase, as in "Penny Lane," to capture a mood of mixed sun and showers.

Mark: So when you talk about reinforcement, is that different from affirmation, in your opinion?

To the diversity at Harvard that had awakened a sheltered, closeted boy from suburban Washington was added a new dimension: living with less educated people who shared the common vision of a peaceful planet, whose wisdom and graciousness flowed not from book-learning but from affirmation of simple universal truths that powered the whole Aquarian wave.

He also distinguished negations from affirmations and took the negation particle to have narrow scope: it negates the predicate, not the whole sentence (Soph. 257b c).

When the child acts in accord with the will of another, pleasure results from the affirmation from that other person, while opposition is experienced as painful because it negates the bond of affection.

Edvard never relented, despite reading "The Shadow" – on his deathbed Andersen was still thirsting for affirmation from this ambivalent friend.

One pouty, brown-haired sophomore in Boston with an average rating called facethejury.com a "whorehouse for people who hate themselves and the way they look, and search for affirmation from the outside".

I was looking for affirmation from somebody else".

Most people strive for acceptance within social groups and long for affirmation from others.

Self-confidence doesn't come from endless affirmation — any more than it does from neglect, Tiger Mom punishments or the firm European indifference advocated in new books like "Bringing up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting".